[Tex/LaTex] Using mathpazo only for small caps

Question

Really simple question…

\usepackage{palatino}
\usepackage{mathpazo} <-- How can I make it alter only small caps?

Answer 1

I tried the following example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{palatino}

\begin{document}

Text \textit{text \textbf{text}} \textbf{text}

\end{document}

After compiling, I ran pdffonts, getting this output

name                                 type              encoding         emb sub uni object ID
------------------------------------ ----------------- ---------------- --- --- --- ---------
DTGJVU+URWPalladioL-Roma             Type 1            Custom           yes yes no       4  0
LAWSFM+URWPalladioL-Ital             Type 1            Custom           yes yes no       5  0
DCSYXP+URWPalladioL-BoldItal         Type 1            Custom           yes yes no       6  0
RLNCFA+URWPalladioL-Bold             Type 1            Custom           yes yes no       7  0

The same example file with mathpazo:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mathpazo}

\begin{document}

Text \textit{text \textbf{text}} \textbf{text}

\end{document}

and the output of pdffonts is

name                                 type              encoding         emb sub uni object ID
------------------------------------ ----------------- ---------------- --- --- --- ---------
DTGJVU+URWPalladioL-Roma             Type 1            Custom           yes yes no       4  0
LAWSFM+URWPalladioL-Ital             Type 1            Custom           yes yes no       5  0
DCSYXP+URWPalladioL-BoldItal         Type 1            Custom           yes yes no       6  0
RLNCFA+URWPalladioL-Bold             Type 1            Custom           yes yes no       7  0

As you can clearly see, the fonts are exactly the same.

So just replace

\usepackage{palatino}

with

\usepackage[sc]{mathpazo}

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If, for some reason, you don't trust the above, use substitutefont:

\usepackage{palatino}
\usepackage{substitutefont}

\substitutefont{\encodingdefault}{\scdefault}{pplx}

On the other hand, the documentation of psnfss has

The part about mathpazo also tells you why you should prefer it to palatino: